Cigar-bunch machine.



No. 635,920. Patented Oct. 3|, I899.

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CIGAR BUNCH MACHINE.

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JOSEPH DELA MAR, on NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF TO ISRAELLEWIS, or SAME PLACE.

CIGAR-BUNCH MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 635,920, dated October31, 1899.

Application filed November 30,1898. Serial No. 697,927. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J QSEPH DELA MAR, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOigar-Bunch Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the cigar-bunch machines; andit consists in combination and arrangement of parts, which will be morefully described hereinafter.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 represents a sideelevation of themachine. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same; Fig. 3, a verticallongitudinal section of the same, showing a modification of therolling-table and the cam movement accomplished by a crank movement.Fig. 4 is a sectional top view of the feeding-table with the alternateoperative filler-molds. Fig. 5 is a detached top view of the feedway,inlet-plate, and guide-wire fastenings. Fig. 6 is a detached verticalcentral longitudinal section ofthe feedway formed by the endless bandsand the guide-wires. Fig. 7 is asimilar view ofa modification of thesame. Fig. 8 is a central vertical cross-section of the feedway shown inFig. 6. Fig. 9 is a similar View of a modification of the same at theline a b of Fig. 7. Fig. 10 is a detached horizontal section of theendless bands shown in Fig.7. Fig. 11 is a detached side View of therollingtable shown operated by my preferred cam motion. Fig. 12 is adetached side view of the levers-and cams operating the filler-cuttersand the plunger of the machine. Fig. 13 is a rear view of the same. Fig.14 is a detached side View of the feed-motion parts. Fig. 15 is amodification of the pawl-arrangement of the same on a larger scale. Fig.16 is a detached longitudinal section, on a larger scale, Y

of the raceway and of the expanding filler carrying filler-mold shown infull lines in expanded state as receiving a filler. under the feedwayand shown in dotted lines contracted when placed under the plunger todeliver the filler, and said figure shows also the cutters for cuttingthe filler of continuous filler. Fig. 17 is a detached horizontalsection of the same raceway on the same scale and showing thefiller-carrying mold from the top in an expanded condition in full linesand showing said mold contracted in dotted lines over the opening infull lines for delivering the filler by the plunger into rolling bandpocket or loop. Fig. 18 is a detached top view on the same scale of thelower cutter, which cuts the filler from the continuous filler andshowing the bottom outlet of the. feedway in dotted lines. Fig. 19 is adetached vertical section of the bottom end of the feedway as shown inFig. 6, with a modification of the fastening of the guide-wires. Fig. 20is a detached top view of the guide-wires bisected above theirfastening. Fig. 21 is a detached top View of the shifter-bar of theautomatic stop-motion of the machine and showing the parts of the framein which the shifter is guided in section, and also showing the cam onthe gear-wheel for engaging the shifter-bar. view of a modification ofthe automatic stopmotion when the driving-pulley is required to belocated outside of the frame of the machine. Fig. 23 is an end view ofthe same. Fig.24 is a detached face view of the cam for operating thesame. Fig. 25 is a detached vertical section of the end of the racewayand the filler-carrying mold in position under the plunger and over thedischarge-opening of the raceway before the false bottom or flip undersaid opening has opened. Fig. 26 is a similar view of the same after theplunger has passed through the mold and opened the flip and dischargedthe filler. Fig. 27 is a detached view of the side of one of theplunger-connecting rods, showing its stud engaging the outer arm of theflip to open the same. Fig. 28 is a Vertical cross-section through theend of the raceway and the mold and showing the plunger-connecting rodsengaged and closed by the action of the table and the fliparms withtheir studs to open the same, and the plunger is shown removed toexhibit the parts back of it. Fig. 29 is a detached vertical section ofthe plunger-guides and the plunger, its connecting rods and levers beingshown unbisected.

The machine is constructed with two longitudinal vertical parallel sideframes A A, which are connected with suitable strong brace-rods passingthrough them and have shoulders against the inside of the frame and Fig.22 is a top.

have threaded screw ends with suitable screw-nuts against the outsidesof the frames. Across the rear ends of the frames is arranged ahorizontal driving-shaft B, guided in suitable bearings O G, provided onthe frames. Said shaft is furnished with a driving-pulley 42, and asecondary horizontal shaft E is arranged nearly central between the endsof the machine and nearly on the same level of the driving-shaft. Saidsecond shaft carries between the frames the cams F for operating thefiller-cutters J and J and the plunger G. Across the top of the framesnearly central between their ends is secured a horizontal plate II, uponwhich is mounted the tobaccofeeding apparatus I,which has a verticalfeedway K of any desired shape, as shown in Figs. 3, 6, 7, S, 9, and 10,the shape being varied according to the shape of the cigar or cherootbeing made. On a level with the top inlet-plate K of the feedway isarranged the horizontal tobacco-feed table L, extending rearward fromsaid plate, and on the opposite sides of said table are placed twoopposite feed-operators, for each of which is provided a horizontalswinging filler-mold M, pivoted on one end at the central cross-line ofthe inlet-plate K to each end of its opening, as shown in Fig. 4, eachmold having a filler-opening a through it to contain sufficient leavesfor one bunch between the top surface of the table and the top level ofthe mold, and said opening has reduced ends or a cigar-shaped outline,as shown, to distribute the leaves with reduced ends. The bottom sidesof said molds slide close upon the top surface of the table, and eachmay be turned to a spring-stop b to lie parallel before the operator andbe turned on its pivot c to a position accurately over the opening ofthe inletplate K, and over the mold M is arranged a hand-lever plunger Nto slide vertically down through the inlet-plate K. Said plunger isguided and held in a standard 6, with legs attached to the top of thetable L, and said standard 6 has an upward forked arm f, in which isfulcrumed a central hand-lever g, which is connected by means of a linkpivoted to the top of the plunger N. The lever g is engaged by means ofa spring g, which raises the lever up. By these means the operator canpress and insert the filler from his mold properly into the feedway K.While one operatoradjusts and places the filler in his mold before himthe other operator has his mold over the feedway and by the plungerinserts the filler into the inlet-plate K and the feedway K. Vith thisalternate system of molds the feedway is supplied regularly and quickly.

The feedway is formed between two opposite endless bands 0 0, preferablymade of rubber and held upon rollers P P, guided in suitable bearingsheld in vertical frames or plates Q Q. Said feedway may be inclined orhorizontal, but is preferred vertical, and the endless bands may be ofany suitable material, but rubber is preferable.

For making the filler for the cigars having reduced ends the feedway ispreferred of a shape in a horizontal section with reduced ends, asrequired by the cigar to have less tobacco at the ends.

The engaged sides of the bands with the tobacco filler are made rough ortoothed or corrugated across the face to cause the gripping andforwarding of the engaged filler leaves, as shown, and the feedway hasseveral equal-distributed smooth longitudinal guidewires 2' over theengaged sides of the bands to keep the filler from attaching to thebands and properly guiding the same, as shown in Fig. 6. Said wires maybe round, as shown in Fig. 10, but are preferred to be of flat shape, asshown in Figs. 6, 8, and 20. The upper ends of each row of wires areclamped solidly to a cross-bar h, arranged above the band on which theyare employed, and each wire passes close by the respective band andfinally down to the bottom portion of the feedway. Said bottom portionmay have secured to it ankleplates into which the ends of the wires aresecured by a hook 71, formed on each wire, as shown in Fig. 6. Saidwires may be embedded or let into the sides of the bottom opening orinto a plate at the bottom of the feedway, as shown in Figs. 19 and 20.The. pulleys or rollers P are each mounted upon a proper shaft 7', ofwhich each end is furnished with a proper bearing in the side frames orplates Q Q, between which both bands are arranged. The bearings of thetop rollers or pulleys of the bands are fitted in slots in the plates Qand furnished with set-screws to raise the bearings, and thereby stretchthe endless bands and to cause the rollers to engage the bands withsufficient frictional contact to prevent the bands from slipping. Thepower is applied to the lower roller of one of the bands, and the lowerrollers of both bands have their shafts to project beyond the outersides of the plates Q. Upon the projecting shafts are employedgear-wheels 7e, engaging one another to transmit the power to bothbands, as shown in Fig. 15. The portion of each endless band between itspulleys or rollers is supported against the pressure within the feedwayby means of a vertical smooth plate R back of the band, which extendsfrom side frames or plate Q to plate Q and has a right angular flange oneach end and is jointed between said plates and bolted to them, by whichmeans said plates are secured together solidly.

According to the kind of filler of small or larger leaves the feedwaymay be formed between one pair of endless bands; but I prefer to formthe feedway with two pairs of endless bands arranged in line with eachother, one above the other, and the guide-wires passing through thewhole feedway from the inlet-plate to the final end of the feedway closeto the cutter of the filler and provide the upper pair of endless bandswith a regular continuous motion obtained from the driving-shaft E,which is driven from the drivingshaft B by means of a small pinion-gearT, secured upon the end of the shaft B and engaging a large gear-wheel0, secured upon the rear end of the shaft E. On the rear of the wheel 0is held in a dovetail slot 10 an adjustable crank-stud p, and below thefeedlever m is pivoted to the frame A a lever, with one arm (1 on theinside of said frame A and a secondary arm g on the outside of saidframe. The arm q is connected by a link with the feed-lever m and thearm q is connected by a rod 2 with the stud 13. Thus the motion of thestud p is transmitted to the feed-lever m.

Below the vertical 'feedway K is arranged the horizontal raceway W ofthe filler-mold U and the filler-cutter J. At the forward end of theraceway is arranged the vertical plunger Gin a vertical guide-opening uabove the raceway, and the raceway-discharge opening V is provided inline with the plunger through.

the bottom of the raceway. On the under side of the raceway-bottom isprovided an automatic closing-flip or false bottom 3, hinged to theraceway-bottom. This flip is also used to stretch the wrapper or smoothit out while the wrapper is passing under it by pressing down upon itstop at its lower edge.

In line centrally below the plunger G an opening V is arranged-betweenthe frames A A, the bunch-rolling table Y, its rolling-apron 9", and itstrunnions s s, turning in bearings 25, attached to the frames A A, allas shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 11.

The raceway W is formed horizontally below the feedway and has parallelsides in which the filler-meld is fitted to travel readily, and thevertical sides of the raceway have horizontal slots 5, in which the endsof the filler-mold are guided, as shown in Figs. 3, 16, and 17.

The travel of the mold extends from under the feedway to exactly underthe plunger at the end of the raceway to receive the filler from thefeedway and carry the same to the plunger, which discharges the fillerthrough the opening V into the pocket formed by the rolling-band r. Thebunch-rolling table Y may be vibrated by a crank, as shown in Fig. 3;but a cam, as shown in Figs. 1, 11, and 24, is preferred.

The side of the table Y has a projecting horizontal stud Z a suitabledistance from its trunnions s, and the shaft E on the same side of theframe has upon it an eccentricallygrooved cam X. To the stud Z ispivoted a slotted link 0), which is guided to slide with its looseslotted end upon a central stud 6, projecting from the face of the cam,and is held by an overlapping head of said stud to the face of the cam.Said link 0 is furnished with a stud having a friction-roller to passproperly in the groove 7 of said cam without lost motion and is obligedto follow said groove, which is constructed with one large concentricsegmental portion 8 to move the table Y to its extreme forward positionand forming the loop or pocket under the plunger G, in which to receivethe filler from the plunger, and an opposite small concentric segmentalportion 9 to move the table from the plunger rearward for rolling thebunch, and with an eccentric portion 11 from this large curved to thesmall curved, and one, 12, from the small to the large radius.

The rolling-apron r is secured with its forward end to an adjustablecross-bar 13 between the framesAA,and theapronisclamped to the bar 13.It passes over a roller 14, secured between the legs 15 of the table,and said apron passes from said roller over a roller 16 on the forwardend of the table and from over the periphery of the table to a roller17, journaled in the sides of the frame close under the plate H and nearthe rear side of the opening V, and from the roller 17 it passes to apivoted adjustable clamp 18 near the rearward end of the table and init, all shown clearly in Fig. 3. The vertical legs 15 of the table haveeach a rearward extension 19, in

each of which a horizontal stud 20 is secured projecting toward theopposite frame A, and to each frame is pivoted a vertical lever 21 toengage with the relative stud 20.

The filler carrier or mold U passes between two vertical sides to of theraceway and the ends of the mold project and pass through horizontalslots 5,made through the said sides, and the extreme ends of theprojecting ends are formed with studs 22, projecting beyond the sides ofthe raceway, and the plate H has vertical longitudinal slots throughwhich the vertical levers 21 pass and which are each connected with therelative stud 22 of the mold U by means of a link 23, as shown in Figs.3, 16, and 17. Said levers 21 have each a spring 2a to draw itrearwardagainst its respective stud 20 and bring the mold U home. Whenthe table passes beyond the motion required by the mold and lever 21,the motion of the lever and mold is stopped by the end of the slots 5and the table and studs 20 pass on away from them to finish theirvibrations.

The cutterJ is attached to the slide 25. It is operated by means of thecam F upon the shaft E. (Clearly shown in Fig. 12.) The cam F engages abalance-lever 26, which is pivoted by trunnions turningin bearingsformed in the opposite frames A A. Said lever 26 has a pair of shortarms connected with the slide 25 by means of the links 27, and it has along arm engaging the cam F. By means of a spring y the lever is held tothe cam F.

The secondary cutter J is not used for cutting off a charge. It is onlyused when operatin g upon tobacco liable to pack too close or liable toleave no draft between the leaves. When said cutter is used, a secondarylever and cam are preferably used.

The filler carrier or mold U is constructed in two main sections U and Uwhich are held apart by springs 28 between them. The object of thissectional mold is to allow the mold to open or expand and other times toallow it to be contracted for the purpose that the mold while expandedmay receive the filler with facility and while carried and delivered tobe held more firmly and be placed with positiveness.

lVhen the mold is placed under the feed way, it is allowed to expandautomatically to receive the filler with facility, but as soon asstarted to move the mold contracts and grips and holds positively thefiller until the plunger has control of it. The flip 3 remains closed,as shown in Fig. 16, and the filler is held between the end of theplunger and the flip until the filler is forced into the pocket of theroller or band. By this means the machine may be operated more rapidly.The section U of the mold has guide-studs 29, on which the section Uslides, and by the springs over the studs 29 the sections are expanded.

The plunger G is held with its lower end in the guide-opening u, and itstop portion has a cross-rod 31 through it. Said rod projects throughboth vertical plates Q, of the feeding apparatus, which both plates havesuitable vertical slots 32, in which the ends of the rod 31 are guided.To said rod ends are attached the lower ends of the spiral springs 33,which have their top ends secured to the plates By means of the springs33 the plunger is raised. To force it down, the shaft E is furnishedwith two cams 34, and on the inner side of the opposite frames AAareemployed on each a pivoted lever 35, each furnished with a stud andfriction-roller 36 to engage with the aforesaid cams 34. The loose endsof the levers 35 are each connected with one corresponding end of thecross-rod 31 by means of a rod 37. The cross-plate H and the plate aboveit are slotted for the passage of the rods 37. Said rods 37 haveroller-studs 38, and the flip 3 has an arm 30 beyond its bearing toengage the stud 38, as shown in Fig. 27, by which means the flip isopened or closed, or it may be only opened thereby and closed and heldclosed by a spring.

40 represents the fingers attached to the forward end of therolling-table to receive the finished bunches, from which each is placedin the bunch-box 41, provided on the forward end of the table.

Upon the driving-shaft B is furnished the driving-pulley 42, whichrevolves loose upon the shaft 13. The machine is provided with anautomatic stop-motion to stop after every complete oscillation of therolling-table or revolution of the shaft E. For this purpose is providedupon the driving-shaft B the clutch 43,which is fitted to slide upon theshaft over a fixed key. Said clutch has the usual groove, in which theclutch-fork ll engages to slide the clutch, which has the usualprojecting studs to engage into the cavities made for them into the faceof the pulley-hub. The clutch-fork 44 is pivoted at 45 to a cross-bar4E6, which is bolted between the frames A A, and said fork has onevertical arm, on which the fork is formed, and one horizontal arm,

to which the treadle i7 is connected by the rod 48.

49 represents a sliding shifter-bar which has its ends fitted and guidedin suitable slots in the frames A. 011 the shifterbar are made tworearward arms, between which the vertical arm of the clutch-fork isguided. On the wheel 0, near the rim, is formed a cam 50, which engagesthe end of the shifter-bar, and thereby disengages the clutch and stopsthe motion of the machine. When the machine requires the driving-pulleyto be placed outside of the frame of the machine, said automaticstop-motion may be modified. The clutch-fork l4: and treadle may both besecured on one arbor and the cam may engage a third arm 51, secured uponthe same arbor to engage a cam 50, formed on the cam 00 of therolling-table, as shown in Figs. 22, 23, and 24-.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, above the driving-shaft B is arranged aparallel countershaft B in suitable bearings in the opposite framesA A,and the shaft B is furnished with a small chain-wheel 52, and on theshaft B is a larger chain or sprocket wheel 53, and the wheel 52 isconnected by an endless chain 5; upon the counter-shaft B, which is alsoprovided with a small chain-wheel 55, connected by an endless chain 56with the sprocketwheel 1. By these means the wheel 1 derives its motionfrom the driving-shaft B.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cigar-bunch machine, suitable guiding-rollers, endless bandspassing around the rollers and arranged in such relation to each otheras to form a continuous feedway between the bands, combined withlongitudinal guiding-wires arranged vertically between the moving bandsand in the feedway, substantially as described.

2. In a cigar-machine, guiding-rollers arranged in pairs, and endlessbands passing around said rollers and made thicker at their outer edges,and which bands are arranged in such relation to each other as to formcontinuous feedways,combined with longitudinal guiding wires or rodsarranged vertically between the endless moving bands,substantially asdescribed.

3. In a cigar-bunch machine, guiding-rollers, moving endless bandspassing around said rollers, and plates placed between the rollers andagainst the bands, combined with the vertically-arranged guiding-wireswhich are placed inside of the bands, and in the passage formed betweenthem, substantially as set forth.

4.. In a cigar-machine, guiding-rollers, endless bands passing aroundsaid rollers and arranged in such relation to each other as to form afeedway, and guide-wires placed vertically in the feedway between saidendless bands, combined with a horizontal reciprocating filler-moldplaced within a horizontal raceway, and a horizontal reciprocatingcutter, substantially as specified.

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5. In a cigar-machine, suitable guidinge rollers, endless bands placedaround said rollers and forming a feedway between them, a reciprocatingmold, a cutter placed in a horizontal raceway, and a vertical plunger,combined with an inlet-plate leading into said raceway and having anoutlet opposite a stop for said mold, an automatic opening-and-closingfalse-bottom fiip, and an oscillating rolling-table passing under thesaid flip and forming a loop or pocket with its rolling-apron to receivethe filler from the feedway, substantially as specified.

6. In a cigar-machine, a horizontal sectional carrying-mold, means forexpanding and contracting the mold, and a raceway in which the mold isreciprocated, combined with a rolling-table, and a plunger fordischarging the filler upon the table, substantially as set forth.

7. In a cigar-machine, a vertical feedway,

' and a horizontal raceway with a dischargeopening in its bottom, and aplunger for forcing the filler from the mold, combined with the moldreciprocating in the raceway so that the filler can be forced from themold by the plunger, substantially as described.

S. In a cigar-machine, a vertical plunger which passes through the moldto the apron of the machine, a way in which the plunger moves, ahorizontal raceway having a discharge through its bottom, areciprocating mold placed in the raceway, and means for reciprocatingit, combined with an oscillating rolling-table below the horizontalraceway, a rolling-apron r fixed on pulleys 17, and clamp 18 on therolling-table, substantially as and for the purposes shown.

9. In a cigar-machine, the horizontal raceway, the cutter J, thecutter-head 25, the link 27, and the lever 26, combined with the cutterJ, the link and the lever for operating it, and the cam F, substantiallyas shown and described.

10. In a cigar-machine, the drums or rollers, and mechanism foroperating them, and

endless bands of rubber stretched over said drums or rollers forming away, combined with stationary plates arranged inside of the endlessbands so as to receive the pressure of the tobacco passing through them,longitudinal strips or guiding-wires placed in the feedway, said bandsbeing roughened on their outer sides so as to engage with the materialbeing fed forward, substantially as shown.

11. In a cigar-machine, two endless vertically-moving rubber bandspartially grooved upon their inner sides where they come in contact withthe material being fed forward, vertical guiding-rods placed inside ofthe said bands, and which bands are grooved upon their surfaces oppositethe wires, substantially as described.

12. In a cigar-machine, a pair of vertical endless moving bands,suitable rollers around which they are placed, and means for moving themcontinuously, combined with a second pair of endless moving bandsrollers around which bands are placed, and means for moving said bandsperiodically, and which means is adapted to be disconnected from saidrollers, the second pair of rollers and bands be* ing placed below thecontinuously-moving bands and rollers but in line therewith andseparated by a suitable space in between the bands to form a passage-wayfor the tobacco, substantially as specified.

13. In a cigar-machine, a horizontal feedtable, and a lateral verticalfeedway-inlet, combined with two alternate one-quarter-turn swingingfiller-molds with spring-stops, and a central lateral hand-lever plungerover said inlet-way, as and for the purpose herein set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 29th day of November, A. D. 1898.

JOSEPH DELA MAR.

Witnesses:

W. P. Moon, WM. J. KENNEDY.

